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Armies of Exigo

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Armies of Exigo
Armies of Exigo cover
Developers
Black Hole Entertainment
Publishers
2004-2006 Electronic Arts
2007 City Interactive
Russia Noviy Disk
Release dates
Windows November 30, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 69
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Multiple select, Point and select
Genres Strategy, RTS, RPG
Themes Fantasy
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Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).

Armies of Exigo is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view strategy, RTS and RPG game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
SafeDisc 3 DRM[Note 1] internationally, StarForce 3 DRM[Note 2] in the Russian version.
Windows
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Free demo versions are available from Archive.org: singleplayer, multiplayer.

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch 1.4 can be downloaded here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Armies of Exigo\Save\Profile1

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Armies of Exigo\Save

Video

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use modified executable.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Multi-monitor

Mouse cursor isn't locked on one monitor while using multi-monitor setup, use DMT Cursor .

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sound, music and speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All conversation dialogue is subtitled; FMV cutscenes have no subtitles.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
12 Versus
Online play
12 Versus
GameSpy services have been shut down;[7] see GameSpy for workarounds.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created profile, requires DGVoodoo2 (DX9), and certain important settings Note: DGVoodoo2 v 2.6 may not work with this profile, in case please report to the vorpX forum

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0b
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Multiplayer GameSpy

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 1.5 GHz
AMD Athlon 1.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 384 MB (512 MB needed for 3 or more players)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 1.5 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce3
ATI Radeon 8500
64 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0b compatible


Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
  2. This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[3][4][5][6] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.

References